You will try to choke him before he can throw you.
Practice this alternately on each other, and it will increase your efficiency with both the shoulder throw and the strangle hold.
Do not go in for violent practice, but try it again and again for the purpose of improving your style.
The man who is doing the shoulder throw must not utilize the "Escape from strangle hold" taught in Lesson 17. That is practiced separately.


LESSON 17


ESCAPE FROM REAR STRANGLE
This is a very important lesson.
It teaches the escape from the rear strangle.
It enables you to throw over your head anyone who attempts to strangle you from the rear.
It will make you doubly expert at the shoulder throw.
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ESCAPE FROM REAR STRANGLE
As opponent slowly commences to put pressure on your throat, tug his sleeve violently forward with both hands, thus lessening the pressure on your windpipe.
Simultaneously turn your chin into the crook of his elbow. This exposes the large neck muscles to his attack and gives you ample time to complete the escape and throw him; whereas if you allow the pressure to continue on your windpipe one second is enough to make you quit.
Perform this slowly in an experimental spirit, not in a spirit of competition between you and your partner. Do this once or twice in front of a mirror and compare your position with the photos.
Keep your balance in your Stahara so that neither requires to support himself by clinging to his opponent.


EXPERT PRACTICE IN SHOULDER THROW
The moment you escape from the strangle hold you must throw opponent.
If you remain where you are after escaping and simply try to hold his forearm off your neck, your assailant is in the strategic position and can hold you and perhaps finally choke you.
If you attempt to throw him from such a position as Figure 104 you will not succeed unless you are disproportionately stronger than he is, as your center of balance is too high.
Drop your Stahara down, slipping your right foot slightly to the rear, thus bringing your center of gravity below his; then the principle of applied mechanics will make it easy for you to throw him.
In practice be careful however to lower him gently to the ground.


HINTS ON PRACTICE
The following method is the best way to become expert as it centers all your practice at the crucial point where opponent is all set and ready to choke you.
It also makes the practice of this dangerous hold perfectly safe.

"TAKE HOLD" Assailant seizes you around the waist from behind, above the arms.
"ONE" Simulate a kick to his shins.
"TWO" Slip down through his arms and seize his sleeve with both hands.
"THREE" Opponent tries to choke you, execute the escape and throw him
THE KICK is retained in all three foregoing tricks ("The Shoulder Throw" -- "The Strangle" -- "The Escape"), in order to make the counting in each trick the same. This gives you less to think about when practicing.
When revising the lessons, practice each one separately. When practicing the shoulder throw, Lesson 15, opponent must not complicate matters by countering with the strangle hold.
When practicing the stranglehold, Lesson 16, opponent must not counter with the escape.
When practicing the escape from the strangle hold, Lesson 17, opponent must not counter with the deathlock (Book 7). After learning the deathlock, make it the fourth trick in this series, as a counter to a counter-counter.
The third trick in the series teaches you how to escape from any strangle which is done by strength of arms alone. The deathlock chokes you with the strength of the whole body and unbalances you while doing so, and from it there is no escape.


LESSON 18
This lesson teaches you: --
THE ANKLE THROW
Giving you further versatility in dealing with an attack from behind, and a further education in the correct use of your body, and in unbalancing Assailant.

Name of Partner Date Commenced Ankle Throw
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Make a check mark against each trick each day you practice it.


THE ANKLE THROW
"TAKE HOLD"
Assailant grasps you around the waist from behind, below the arms, with his right foot between your legs. In this position he is well braced and is not so open to the previous methods of escape.
The usual counter is to grasp his knee, lift it up, and throw him if you are able.
This does not give half the leverage the following method does.
"ONE"
Lean well forward and grasp his ankle. Even if he is holding tightly make the effort from the Stahara and you will reach down.
It may be necessary sometimes to make a feint for another trick which he would defend by paying attention to another part of his body. You can then deliberately bend forward and pick up his ankle.
Do not try to pull his leg up by the arms only.
Stand up, making the effort from the Stahara and you will have twice the power.
Practice this slowly otherwise you will bang his head on the ground and thus summarily end the practice for the day.
In practice the Assailant must let go when he feels himself falling and so land gently on the mat.
In a real fight, if he holds on, fall on him and that will knock him out.


ADVANCED PRACTICE IN THE ANKLE THROW
When trying to throw Assailant by the ankle throw, if he retains his balance and hops around on his left leg it will be impossible to throw him by a straight pull forward.
Swing his foot away round to your left. This will unbalance him and you will throw him without any trouble.
Do not put your full force into the swing.
Have your Assailant let go as he falls. This will save him from your falling on top of him.
You will become expert in these tricks more quickly if you practice in this prescribed formal manner than if you make a wrestling match out of each trick.


WARNING
If Assailant does not let go you would fall on him like this and knock him out.


It is a very dangerous fall so avoid it by practicing formally.
You can become quite expert by formal practice.
Also pick up Assailant's left foot. Get him to hop around on his right retaining his balance.
Throw him by swinging to your right.
Practice this with each foot alternately until you no longer hesitate about the correct direction in which to swing him.
The Secrets of Jujitsu, A Complete Course in Self Defense, Book V

By Captain Allan Corstorphin Smith, U.S.A.
Winner of the Black Belt, Japan, 1916. Instructor of Hand-to-Hand Fighting, THE INFANTRY SCHOOL, Camp Benning, Columbus, Georgia and at United States Training Camps and Cantonments, 1917 and 1918.
In Seven Books.
BOOK FIVE
STAHARA PUBLISHING COMPANY
Columbus, Georgia, 1920.
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This electronic version is copyright EJMAS © 2000. All rights reserved.
Contributed by Thomas J. Militello, a 15-year member of Astoria, New York's non-profit Horangi Taekwondo Dojang, which is headed by James Robison.
Readers interested in seeing film images should note the following film held by the National Archives and Record Administration:
NWDNM(m)-111-H-1180.
Title: Physical and Bayonet Training, 1918.
Scope and Content: Recruits at Camp Gordon, Georgia receive detailed instruction in boxing and jiu-jitsu. Wrestling and jiu-jitsu holds are used against a foe with a bayonet. Troops do calisthenics and play rough games calculated to make them physically fit.
35mm film, 15 minutes
Judging from responses from the US Army historians at Forts Myer and Benning, little biographical information is available concerning Captain Smith. Therefore readers with additional information are requested to contact the editor at jrsvinth@juno.com .
LESSON 19
This lesson teaches you: --
1. First defense against downward blow of knife. (The elbow break.)
2. The counter to the elbow break.)
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FIRST DEFENSE AGAINST DOWNWARD BLOW OF KNIFE (THE ELBOW BREAK)
Assailant steps forward with his right foot bringing down his right arm as if aiming a blow with a knife.
Step in with your left foot lowering your body slightly, and keep it perfectly erect.
Stop Assailant's right forearm with your left forearm.
Pass your right forearm under Assailant's upper arm, pulling his upper arm toward you and forcing his forearm back with your left forearm.
This is a much quicker and surer method of taking the elbow break than grasping his forearm with your hand.
Continue forcing his forearm back until your right hand comes onto the back of your left hand. This will unbalance him backwards.
To show position more clearly, my left hand is open in photo. Naturally it would be closed.
It is easy to break an arm, so although you perform the major operation quickly, do the minor operation slowly and gently.
Force his right hand back until he gives the signal of defeat.
The most important point is to unbalance Assailant and retain your own balance.
Allow one another to try this lock on the unresisting arm, repeatedly, slowly and carefully.
Continued practice will enable you to secure this grip like a flash.
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